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Avifauna diversity is extremely high with 542 species, including restricted range species such as the blue-tufted starthroats (Heliomaster furcifer), and the endemic ochre-striped antpittas (Grallaria dignissima).
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An early trek to Refugio Paz de Las Aves, owned by a campesino (farmer) turned to ecotourism, to see the Andean cock-of-the rock and three species of antpittas was a highlight, as was seeing almost 30 of Ecuador's 135 species of hummingbirds in just two days.
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They were rewarded with more antpittas (at the Jocotoco antpitta feeding station) and other fun birds, while I tried not to let my pantlegs touch the filthy floor every time I used the toilet.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2009
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Some bird species restricted to this ecoregion or found in few other places in Amazonia include ashy-tailed swifts (an austral migrant, Chaetura andrei), blue-tufted starthroats (Heliomaster furcifer), pavonine quetzals (Pharomachrus pavoninus), white-eared jacamars (Galbalcyrhynchus leucotis), endemic ochre-striped antpittas (Grallaria dignissima), curassows (Mitu salvini), a terrestrial bird, and golden-winged tody-flycatchers (Todirostrum calopterum).
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